[WikiEN-l] Straw man (was: Proposed: stop all deletes for 6 months, then reconsider)

Jimmy Wales jwales at bomis.com
Tue Nov 11 21:35:19 UTC 2003


The Cunctator wrote:
> For one, slippery slope arguments are fallacies too.

Not always.  Some people might convincingly argue, for example, that
setting a precedent of banning people for a particular infraction may
make it easier and easier to ban them for other infractions.  I think
that's a legitimate concern.

--Jimbo



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